Crime Standoff after handcuffed man shoots deputy, 2nd man: Sheriff

11:45 01 february 2018

11:45 01 february 2018 Source:
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Florida deputy fatally shoots man during traffic stop

A Florida sheriff's deputy fatally shot a driver while attempting to stop him. Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey told news outlets that the man was driving erratically Sunday evening when a deputy tried to stop him. The vehicle eventually stopped but then the driver took off again.Ivey says deputies used stop sticks which flattened three tires, but then used a pit maneuver, employed by patrol cars to push vehicles, to stop the car. The sheriff says that as the deputy approached, the driver "made an overt action that caused our deputy to fire."He said it wasn't clear how many shots were fired.

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - A man barricaded himself and his wife in a home Wednesday night after shooting a sheriff 's deputy and another man despite being handcuffed , CBS Houston affiliate KHOU-TV reports.

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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - A man barricaded himself and his wife in a home Wednesday night after shooting a sheriff's deputy and another man despite being handcuffed, CBS Houston affiliate KHOU-TV reports. The suspect was later found dead inside the home, authorities said.

The Harris County Sheriff's Office says deputies responding to a disturbance call encountered the suspect and handcuffed him.

Deputies say the suspect, while handcuffed, somehow pulled a handgun from his waistband and started firing. One deputy was hit in the lower forearm and was taken to a hospital.

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Troup County deputies , along with lawmen from LaGrange, West Point and Alabama, are at the scene of a standoff off Samples Road near West Point. Hockett had started his career with the sheriff ’s office as a jailer and had only been a deputy on the road for News. Man shot in leg on Main Street.

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A 23-year-old man was taken into custody after being shot during an armed standoff with sheriff 's deputies in Lawndale on Wednesday.

Update: At the hospital with injured deputy. Thank God he will survive his injury. He’s stable right now, talking, and alert. Thank you all for your prayers. #hounews#lesm

Texas deputy 'nearly killed' after man speeds off during traffic stop .
A police officer in central Texas was nearly killed Wednesday after she was dragged nearly half a mile by a suspect who sped away during a traffic stop, officials said. The Williamson County Sheriff’s office said the incident happened around 3 a.m. on the side of a highway in Round Rock, located north of Austin, when the officer approached the vehicle that was sitting through multiple traffic light cycles without moving.“He almost killed one of my deputies today," Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody told FOX7.

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